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flu⋅vi⋅al

  [floo-vee-uhl]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to a river: a meandering fluvial contour.
2. produced by or found in a river: fluvial plants.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L fluviālis, equiv. to fluvi(us) river (deriv. of fluere to flow) + -ālis -al 1
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flu·vi·al   (flōō'vē-əl)   
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or inhabiting a river or stream.

  2. Produced by the action of a river or stream.


[Middle English, from Latin fluviālis, from fluvius, river, from fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

fluvial 
"pertaining to a river," 1398, from L. fluvialis, from fluvius "river," related to fluere "to flow" (see flow).
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fluvial   (fl'vē-əl)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. Relating to or inhabiting a river or stream.

  2. Produced by the action of a river or stream.


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